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Blush & Gold Nursery Color Scheme

A soft blush-and-gold nursery scheme that feels tender and a little glam, with creamy trim to keep it light. Every shade is matched to real paint you can buy.

By Jessica Williams · Color Stylist & Interior Editor

Start with Soft Blush on the walls. It is a gentle, barely-there pink that wraps the room in warmth without ever turning loud or sugary. In a nursery that quiet pink reads soothing in daylight and cozy at night, which is exactly the feeling you want when you are rocking a baby at 3 a.m. It also grows with the room, so it still looks sweet a few years from now instead of too babyish.

To keep things fresh, run Creamy White on the trim, doors, and built-ins so the blush stays light and airy. Then bring in Antique Gold as your accent, the little glam touch on a frame, a lamp, or hardware that makes the whole scheme feel intentional. Soft Blush on the walls, Creamy White on the trim, and just a few hits of Antique Gold is all it takes.

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Soft Blush
walls
Glidden Birthday Cake · PPG1059-2
#E9D2CC
LRV 68
Creamy White
trim
Behr Stonewashed Pink · ECC-61-2
#F4EEE4
LRV 86
Antique Gold
accent
Dunn-Edwards Underbrush · DE5446
#BE9E48
LRV 34

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Each color matched to the closest real paint in every brand, by ΔE2000. Tap a swatch for its full guide or + to save it — take any SKU to the store, they mix on demand.

Soft Blush
#EAD2CC · LRV 68 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6302 · ΔE 2.15
Behr · S200-1 · ΔE 0.65
Benjamin Moore · 2094-60 · ΔE 0.89
Valspar · 8003-9A · ΔE 0.73
PPG / Glidden · PPG1057-2 · ΔE 0.69
Glidden · PPG1059-2 · ΔE 0.36
Dutch Boy · 307-2DB · ΔE 1.39
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2037 · ΔE 2.15
Dunn-Edwards · DE6023 · ΔE 4.13
Magnolia Home · JG-24 · ΔE 3.74
Farrow & Ball · NO. 202 · ΔE 4.16
Diamond Vogel · 0146 · ΔE 4.33
Hirshfield's · 0146 · ΔE 3.28
Rodda · R121 · ΔE 3.72
C2 Paint · C2-833 · ΔE 9.25
Clare · PNT100-LT-20 · ΔE 7.1
Portola Paints · GYPSY · ΔE 5.48
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 11.94
Backdrop · BD-CC · ΔE 12.55
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 2.66
Kompozit · 0146 · ΔE 3.28
Creamy White
#F4EEE3 · LRV 86 · trim
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7566 · ΔE 0.5
Behr · ECC-61-2 · ΔE 0.46
Benjamin Moore · AF-255 · ΔE 2.63
Valspar · V153 · ΔE 0.77
PPG / Glidden · PPG1100-1 · ΔE 1.95
Glidden · 61YY 85/050 · ΔE 0.9
Dutch Boy · 020W · ΔE 1.66
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4003 · ΔE 0.5
Dunn-Edwards · DET679 · ΔE 1.24
Magnolia Home · JG-107 · ΔE 2.24
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2003 · ΔE 1.22
Diamond Vogel · 0012 · ΔE 0.78
Hirshfield's · 0012 · ΔE 0.9
Rodda · CA013 · ΔE 0.52
C2 Paint · C2-708 · ΔE 1.41
Clare · PNT100-LT-24 · ΔE 2.51
Portola Paints · ORIGAMI · ΔE 2.72
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 11.62
Backdrop · BD-JA · ΔE 1.93
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 4.78
Kompozit · 0012 · ΔE 0.9
Antique Gold
#C2A14D · LRV 37 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6395 · ΔE 3.86
Behr · M300-5 · ΔE 1.49
Benjamin Moore · 210 · ΔE 2.28
Valspar · V055-4 · ΔE 1.68
PPG / Glidden · PPG1107-7 · ΔE 1.11
Glidden · PPG1107-7 · ΔE 1.51
Dutch Boy · 120-6DB · ΔE 1.59
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2194 · ΔE 3.86
Dunn-Edwards · DE5446 · ΔE 1.08
Magnolia Home · JG-45 · ΔE 6.36
Farrow & Ball · NO. 66 · ΔE 5.25
Diamond Vogel · 0809 · ΔE 1.5
Hirshfield's · 0870 · ΔE 3.19
Rodda · R050 · ΔE 8.21
C2 Paint · C2-649 · ΔE 3.3
Clare · PNT100-DP-59 · ΔE 5.97
Portola Paints · PIXIE · ΔE 14.94
Annie Sloan · ARLES · ΔE 8.91
Backdrop · BD-CT · ΔE 15.42
Rust-Oleum · 398640 · ΔE 16.56
Kompozit · 0870 · ΔE 3.19

Questions

Will Soft Blush look too pink in a nursery?

It reads as a soft, warm neutral more than a true pink, so it stays gentle on the walls. If you want it even quieter, the Creamy White trim will frame it and tone the pink down.

How much Antique Gold should I use?

Treat it as a small accent, not a wall color. A few touches on a frame, lamp, or knobs is enough to add the glam glow without making the room feel heavy.

Is this scheme only for a girl's nursery?

Not at all. The blush is so soft it works as a warm neutral, and swapping the gold for a cooler metal makes it feel just as fitting for any baby.

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